Ben Rivers

Ben Rivers

Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Somerset, England

Biography

A London-based artist and filmmaker. He has created around 40 short and feature films that blur the line between documentary and fiction, often focusing on people living on the margins of society. Rivers won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Venice Film Festival for his debut feature, Two Years at Sea. His solo exhibitions have been held in Milan, Chicago, Hamburg, and London, and a complete retrospective of his work was presented at the National Gallery of Jeu de Paume in Paris. At the 34th Message to Man Festival, he received the Silver Centaur prize for his film Bogancloch.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Mare's Nest poster

Mare's Nest

Movie · Director

2026
The Wind, One Brilliant Day poster

The Wind, One Brilliant Day

Movie · Director

2025
Bogancloch poster

Bogancloch

Movie · Director

2025
Close Up poster

Close Up

Movie · Director

2022
After Work poster

After Work

Movie · Director

2022
Ijen / London poster

Ijen / London

Movie · Director

2022
The Minotaur poster

The Minotaur

Movie · Director

2020
The House Was Quiet poster

The House Was Quiet

Movie · Director

2019
Krabi, 2562 poster

Krabi, 2562

Movie · Director

2019
Ghost Strata poster

Ghost Strata

Movie · Director

2019
10 Min poster

10 Min

Movie · Director

2019
Look Then Below poster

Look Then Below

Movie · Director

2018
Slow Action poster

Slow Action

Movie · Director

2018
Dreaming In The Dark poster

Dreaming In The Dark

Movie · Director

2018
The Rare Event poster

The Rare Event

Movie · Director

2018
Trees Down Here poster

Trees Down Here

Movie · Director

2018
Now, at Last! poster

Now, at Last!

Movie · Director

2018
The Ambassadors poster

The Ambassadors

Movie · Director

2016
The Hunchback poster

The Hunchback

Movie · Director

2016
Urth poster

Urth

Movie · Director

2016
The Shape of Things poster

The Shape of Things

Movie · Director

2015
Mohammed Mrabet poster

Mohammed Mrabet

Movie · Director

2015
The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers poster

The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers

Movie · Director

2015
A Distant Episode poster

A Distant Episode

Movie · Director

2015
There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay poster

There Is a Happy Land Further Awaay

Movie · Director

2015
What Means Something poster

What Means Something

Movie · Director

2014
Things poster

Things

Movie · Director

2014
The Film That Buys the Cinema poster

The Film That Buys the Cinema

Movie · Director

2013
A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness poster

A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

Movie · Director

2013
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead poster

Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

Movie · Director

2012
Two Years at Sea poster

Two Years at Sea

Movie · Director

2012
The Creation as We Saw It

The Creation as We Saw It

Movie · Director

2012
Phantoms of a Libertine poster

Phantoms of a Libertine

Movie · Director

2012
More Than Just A Dram poster

More Than Just A Dram

Movie · Director

2011
Sack Barrow

Sack Barrow

Movie · Director

2009
Experiments in Terror 3

Experiments in Terror 3

Movie · Director

2009
I Know Where I'm Going poster

I Know Where I'm Going

Movie · Director

2009
May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last

May Tomorrow Shine the Brightest of all Your Many Days as it Will be your Last

Movie · Director

2009
Alice poster

Alice

Movie · Director

2008
Origin of the Species

Origin of the Species

Movie · Director

2008
Ah, Liberty! poster

Ah, Liberty!

Movie · Director

2008
A World Rattled of Habit

A World Rattled of Habit

Movie · Director

2008
Sørdal

Sørdal

Movie · Director

2007
This Is My Land poster

This Is My Land

Movie · Director

2007
House poster

House

Movie · Director

2007
Terror

Terror

Movie · Director

2006
The Coming Race

The Coming Race

Movie · Director

2006
Astika poster

Astika

Movie · Director

2005
The Hyrcynium Wood poster

The Hyrcynium Wood

Movie · Director

2005
The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe poster

The Bomb with a Man in His Shoe

Movie · Director

2005
Jack poster

Jack

Movie · Director

2004
We the People

We the People

Movie · Director

2003
Old Dark House

Old Dark House

Movie · Director

1993
The Big Sink poster

The Big Sink

Movie · Director